On video: police killed Gulf clan hitman in Segovia, Antioquia

Antioquia police reported that on the afternoon of Friday February 12, two members of the institution released a suspected criminal and captured another after being attacked with a gun in the municipality of Segovia. , in northwestern Colombia.

According to the authorities, these events were committed by two Venezuelan citizens who were traveling on motorcycles in the “ La Electrificadora ” sector, who suddenly attacked the two men in uniform who were carrying out checks in the area.

“Based on the reaction of our policemen on duty, an executive command and a patroller, both bravely, courageously and resolutely, faced the attack, causing injuries to the two citizens which ultimately resulted in the death of the ‘One. Two., assured the commander of the Antioquia police, Jorge Miguel Cabra, to the local media Informativo Antioquia.

The other alleged captured has been transferred to a health center in Medellín where he is recovering from surgery resulting from the injury he sustained during the altercation.

One of the men in uniform who worked in this area on a preventive basis with the intention of controlling the coexistence and safety of citizens resulted in a superficial injury to a rib on the left side.

For their part, the authorities indicated that the structures of the Gulf Clan who operate in this region They would recruit Venezuelan citizens to attack members of the public force.

“The power of recruiting and co-opting people possessed by this criminal structure is important, especially those who seek out people with low economic resources for these purposes”Colonel Jorge Cabrera told the media.

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In turn, authorities have indicated that this attack may be the rThis is the result of the dismissal of an important leader of this organization alias “Marihuano” which took place last week.

Down with the alias “ Marihuano ”: the most precise blow against the “ Clan del Golfo ”, according to the Colombian government

This Sunday, February 7, President Iván Duque announced that during an operation carried out by the anti-narcotics police, the Police Intelligence Directorate (DIPOL) and the Dijín, he had been released. Nelson Darío Hurtado Simanca, alias Marihuano, second man in the criminal structure of Clan del Golfo.

He was one of Colombia’s most dangerous criminals, responsible for hundreds of cases of sexual exploitation, drug trafficking and the murders of young people and social leaders.

According to military intelligence sourcesThe jungle commandos of the National Police and soldiers of the 17th Brigade arrived in the village of Buenavista, in the municipality of Riosucio, Chocó, after receiving the coordinates of the area where Marihuano was, who was killed by the precise shot of a sniper this Sunday around noon.

Likewise, President Duque mentioned that it was one of the most violent blows against the structures of the Clan del Golfo. Hurtado, was 26 years old in crime. He was captured in 2008, but later, after spending two years in prison, escaped justice.

“It is an energetic operation because he is a criminal with over 26 years of experience in crime who also had a blue interpol circular”said the president.

It should not be forgotten that the 49-year-old was with the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia in 2006, where he was also second in command of the so-called Centauros bloc, which operated in the department of Meta.

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